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July 10, 2011
'Screed' Wheatpaste in San Francisco's Tenderloin
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This guy "Screed" is throwing up some crazy art in San Francisco's tenderloin with wheatpaste. I'm not really sure what the message is, but the first one I noticed appears to be the monster from Alien impregnating Abraham Lincoln on a five dollar bill. I saw this one in a few places around the loin. This image is dated 5/14/11.
Update: The guy doing this modified currency wheatpaste is James Charles.
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Above: This one appears to be the lion from the Wizard of Oz on some form of US currency. Also dated 05/14/11. Update: Wheatpaste artist is James Charles.
Note: The shades the lion is wearing appear to have been added later, possibly by another artist. I'm not clear what the inscription says. It's in the font of the Ray Ban logo, though, and it appears to read "Riot Croem" or "Riot Crown"...something like that.
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Above: This one appears US currency with a self portrait of Van Gogh, along with some of his stars from Starry Night. Also dated 05/14/11. Update: Wheatpaste artist is James Charles.
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Above: A few days later, this gets added. This is a familiar wheatpaste image that I've seen around the mission. It's a pinko-kommie-socialist theme that artists are drawn to like a moth to a flame. That "can't we all get along" and "wouldn't life be great if no one got ahead and no one got left behind" lefty liberal kommie propaganda. You see that what's on his mind is making $, which is bad, of course. Very bad. Adding value to society is almost always seen as a bad thing in the counter-culture, because then the people that lie around in the streets doing drugs can't feel good about themselves. So, somehow, that's your fault, komrade.
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Above: More lefty propaganda.
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Above: Here's a flyer from the HNJ kommies that recently took over the Sierra Hotel on Mission and 20th.
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 10, 2011 at 11:29 PM
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